Hiya All,
This is an issue I have thought a lot about. My work takes me to various
countries, some of which might be classified as despotic. I have worked with
the governments of those countries, always from the perspective of advancing
open access and free learning. The question I have asked
Link takes me to a Facebook page. The actual article is behind a paywall.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/transformative-open-access-publishing-deals-are-only-entrenching-commercial-power
-- Stephen
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Jon
Jeroen Bosman wrote, "Any publication shared with a CC-license is free of
charges, as is any publication in the public domain. Period."
This is simply not true.
Thomas Hardy's book 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' is public domain, having been
published in 1886. However, if you go to a book store
To add to Heather's point, many academics (including myself) opt to publish
under a CC NC (non-commercial) license in order to preserve free access to our
materials.
-- Stephen
> Some open access advocates do equate OA with the CC-BY license, but not all
> of us. My perspective is that pushing for ubiquitous CC-BY is a major
> strategic error for the OA movement.
I also have been arguing that CC-by-NC ought to be considered equally
acceptable. Open access licenses
> The copyleft or "share-alike" principle does not prevent enclosing something
> in a paywall,
By this fact, it becomes clear that CC-BY-SA is not the "correct" license for
academic work.
-- Stephen
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